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Maine Police Chief Faked a Police Report to Get Out of a Meeting
On 5/13/21 at 2:49 PM EDT
A former police chief in Fryeburg, Maine, lost his certification this month following an investigation that found he falsified a police report in order to leave a meeting.
Joshua Potvin s license was revoked by the Maine Criminal Justice Academy s Board of Trustees in February following his administrative leave and eventual resignation during the summer of 2020, the
The academy released its decision publicly after Potvin waived an appeal. In a written report, the academy said it found that in February 2020, Potvin texted one of his officers to call him out of a public meeting of the Fryeburg Board of Selectmen, a body overseeing the town s administrative and executive powers.
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To the Editor:
If you read recent newspaper articles focused on discipline within the Maine State Police you were likely left thinking we conduct our work shrouded in secrecy and that we work to protect our own. As the leader of the Maine State Police, I’d like to take the opportunity to set the record straight:
The Maine State Police does not hide wrongdoing and does not choose to keep certain information related to discipline secret. We follow longstanding laws related to personnel investigation and records related to all state employees that have been implemented and refined across time. There are clear rules about what can be released to the public regarding state employees. M.R.S.A. Title 5 §7070 outlines that final discipline decisions can be released to the public.
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To the Editor:
If you read recent newspaper articles focused on discipline within the Maine State Police you were likely left thinking we conduct our work shrouded in secrecy and that we work to protect our own. As the leader of the Maine State Police, I’d like to take the opportunity to set the record straight:
The Maine State Police does not hide wrongdoing and does not choose to keep certain information related to discipline secret. We follow longstanding laws related to personnel investigation and records related to all state employees that have been implemented and refined across time. There are clear rules about what can be released to the public regarding state employees. M.R.S.A. Title 5 §7070 outlines that final discipline decisions can be released to the public. However, it does not authorize the release of investigative details. Thus, when we were asked for our discipline records for the past five years, the Maine State Police provided those records to
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